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#5756 The Truly New Torah Learning!
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- Q. Can Torah knowledge gained by the the new proposed artificial memory implanted in the brain or connected to it be used, and does one then comply with it the Mitzva of learning Torah?
A. This is a really truly revolutionary idea ....
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Posted 1/16/2026 11:21 AM |
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#5755 – More Review to This View
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- Q. See question above. If one has already an implanted Bionic eye, can he used during Shabbat? If it cannot, should it be disconnected?
A. Some Poskim are usually lenient in such a case. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit"a opinion is that ....
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Posted 1/16/2026 11:14 AM |
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#5754 - The Gigantic New Incoming Waves
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- Q. Can one use a Bionic eye on Shabbat?
A. On question 3545 (May 26, 2022) we wrote:
Q. Dear Rabbi, I think it is likely that this is the first time this question is being asked. We live in a changing world. ....
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Posted 1/16/2026 11:07 AM |
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#5753 – An Eye (bionic) For an Eye?
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- Q. Dearest Rabbi, Long Life. My father who you well know has recently practically lost a lot of his eyesight as you also well know. He is still able to read from time to time, to his great pleasure the Torah during the week. He is considering ge ....
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Posted 1/16/2026 10:59 AM |
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#5752 – All The Blessings are For the Bride!!!
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- Q. Does Shabbos Shevah Brochos belong to the kallah?
A. On question 110 we wrote: Q. How Chashuv is the idea that Shabbos Shevah Brochos belongs to the kallah? Is there an obligation on the family of the Kallah to pay for it even i ....
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Posted 1/16/2026 10:56 AM |
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#5751 – The Shabbat Real Wedding Meal?
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- Q. Hon. Rabbi Shlit’a. I attended recently a Seuda Shlishit during a very enjoyable Shabbat that was dedicated to the seven days after a wedding meals and used also as Sheva Brachot meal enjoying the presence of our great shul newlywed.
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Posted 1/11/2026 12:32 PM |
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#5750 A Fresh New Face?
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- Q. See questions above. Can one who is not yet Bar Mitzva be counted for Panim Chadashot?
A. One who is not yet Bar Mitzva should not be counted for Ponim Chadoshos, even if he is already distinguished and a descendant of great pe ....
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Posted 1/10/2026 8:23 PM |
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#5749 – The Bread of the Matter!
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- Q. See questions above. Do you need ten people to eat bread in order to recite Sheva Brochos?
A. In principle it is preferable that at least ten of the attendees should eat bread. (Shoel U’Meishiv Telisa’ah 1:198, Yabia Omer E.H. 3 ....
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Posted 1/10/2026 8:19 PM |
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#5748 5748 – The Chosen Chazan?
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- Q. Can one pearson recite all the Sheva Brachot, if he is a Chazan and sings nicely?
A. Actually many Poskim believe that the same person must recite all of the brachot. See Shaarei Efraim on Hilchos Keriyas haTorah Shaar 9 Pis ....
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Posted 1/10/2026 8:16 PM |
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#5747 A Great New Meal?
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- Q. See question above, How about Seuda Shlishit?
A. Shabbat and Yom Tov count as panim chadashot even if no new people show up. This is true for one meal at night and one during the day.[However, at seuda shelishit it is a ques ....
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Posted 1/10/2026 8:04 PM |
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#5746 – As Good As New?
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Q. See question above,
If the Sheva Brachot was started while a minyan was present, but then some of the people left before all of the brachot were recited, can they continue to recite the remaining brachos?
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Posted 1/10/2026 7:57 PM |
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Posted 1/10/2026 7:53 PM |
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#5745 – New Faces for the New Extra Meal?
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- Q. More “Panim Chadashos” I have also heard that one does not need “Panim Chadashos” for Shalosh Seudot on Shabbat is that correct?
A. The Remo (E.H. 62:8) rules that the minhag is to recite Sheva Brochos at the seuda shelishis ....
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Posted 1/10/2026 7:51 PM |
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#5744 Is a Lady New Face?
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- Q. Can a woman be counted also for “Panim Chadashos”(see above)?
A. Poskim rule that a woman , even a very eminent and distinguished one, can not be a “Panim Chadashos” since she is not part of a minyan of ten needed for the bless ....
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Posted 1/10/2026 7:42 PM |
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#5743 – Different Faces for the New Faces?
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- See question above.
Q. If the two families participating in the marriage in order to honor and give Kivudim and their own relatives and close friends with a brocho, want to separate for the Birchas Hamazon, so it will be said twice se ....
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Posted 1/10/2026 7:40 PM |
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#5742 The Face of the New Face!
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- Q. See question above. Kvod Horav. I was recently also in a wedding when the following argument arose:
We all knew that in order to recite the Sheva Brachot (The traditional Seven Blessings recited after the meal of a Sheva Brachot ....
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Posted 1/10/2026 7:29 PM |
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#5741 Name the Right Name!
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Q. Kvod Horav Shlit’a. How do you write Thornhill in a Ketuba (Marriage document)?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that one writes:
טארנהיל, and you also add to that name: “H ....
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Posted 1/10/2026 7:25 PM |
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#5740 - Have a Very Happy New Year!!!
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Q. Is it proper for a Frum person to greet his friends and neighbors with a “happy new Year!!!"
A. On question 4600 the Rov quoted question 695 regarding answering to a greeting of Happy New Year that Horav Miller maintains is p ....
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Posted 1/2/2026 1:57 PM |
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#5739 – Nital Hanitel???
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- Q. Who are the great Gedolim and Poskim, that do not keep the Nitel Traditions?
Can one relay on them?
A. Indeed many prominent halachic authorities explicitly reject the practice of refraining from Torah study on Nittel Nac ....
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Posted 1/2/2026 1:54 PM |
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#5738 - More Family Problems?
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- Q. See question above. Just one more question. Does the פגם continue on to subsequent generations? (male children? female children?)
A. See answers above.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav ....
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Posted 1/2/2026 1:52 PM |
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